Here I write about various events I was involved in and ideas that inspired me. Recently, it is more of a linux blog because I have been doing a lot of work on it. However, off and on I write on various other things that my mind just can't let go easily.

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Standards of "The Times of India"

From the name "The Times of India", one might expect high standards to be maintained in the newspaper in line of the British newspaper 'The Times'. However, gradually I have seen the standards of the newspaper going down. Some time ago, I saw their front page was a full page advertisement. The front page should be the place for the most important news for the day. Probably their editors thought the advertisement was more important than any event.

Recently, I saw a copy of The Times of india lying on the table and having nothing else to do, I thought to me "let me try the sports section". The article was called "Big Three in the making." It was about Indian cricket team, focussing on the players: Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Reading through the section for Rohit Sharma, I found the following:

"Though he is an all-rounder and can fetch wickets too, his main strength is his batting and he has become one of the key members of Indian team. In the absense of biggies like Sachin, Laxman and Dravid he is one player on whom Indian team can depend fully. In the absense of biggies like Sachin, Laxman and Dravid he is one player on whom Indian team can depend fully. He can strengthen the middle order to fill the space after Laxman and Dravid's retirement."

The repetition of sentences above is not my mistake; but that is how it appeared in the newspaper. I was thinking to myself, "don't they even do any proofreading before sending an article for printing?"